US4247950A - Display for frequency received by radio receiver - Google Patents

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US4247950A
US4247950A US06/017,061 US1706179A US4247950A US 4247950 A US4247950 A US 4247950A US 1706179 A US1706179 A US 1706179A US 4247950 A US4247950 A US 4247950A
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  • the present invention relates to an apparatus for displaying a frequency received by a radio receiver. More specifically, the present invention relates to an apparatus for displaying in a digital manner a frequency being received by a radio receiver by counting the local oscillation frequency pulses obtainable from a local oscillator of the radio receiver.
  • Japanese Patent Publication Gazette No. 44167/1977 discloses a dial display in a radio receiver, wherein in order to avoid ⁇ 1 count error occurring in the least significant digit of the displayed number counters are used the number of which is larger by at least one digit than the number of digits being displayed so that the additional counter is allotted for the digit position less significant than the least significant digit of the number being displayed and, for example, the number "5" is preset in the additional counter, whereby the number being displayed is rounded at the digit less significant than the least significant digit so as to count fractions of 5 and over as a whole number and to disregard the rest, with the result that an error is eliminated from an apparent digital display.
  • the preset value per se is not corrected in association with the deviation of the actual intermediate frequency of the receivers from the prescribed intermediate frequency but instead the displayed number is merely rounded at an additional digit position less significant than the least significant digit of the number being displayed, thereby to achieve an apparently corrected digital display of the frequency being received.
  • the present invention utilizes a decimal counter for counting the local oscillation frequency signal for the purpose of a digital display of the frequency being received.
  • the value in the counter is subjected to addition or subtraction of a predetermined numerical value associated with the intermediate frequency before or after the counting operation.
  • a correcting reference voltage is generated for the purpose of correcting the deviation between the actually set intermediate frequency, i.e. the resonance frequency in the intermediate frequency stage and the prescribed intermediate frequency being added or subtracted.
  • a comparison voltage is also generated.
  • the comparison voltage is generated by counting the proper clock pulses by the use of a multiple bit counter and by converting the count value into an analog voltage.
  • the comparison voltage is compared with the correcting reference voltage.
  • a correction numerical value associated with the difference between the comparison voltage and the correcting reference voltage is added to or subtracted from the value in the counter, whereby the above described numerical value concerning the prescribed intermediate frequency being added or subtracted is corrected.
  • the numerical value being preset in the counter or the numerical value being added to or subtracted from the value in the counter in association with the deviation of the actual intermediate frequency from the prescribed intermediate frequency which numerical value is associated with the numerical value concerning the intermediate frequency or the complement thereof is corrected by the value commensurate with the deviation. Therefore, a correct digital display can be made of the frequency being received, irrespective of missalignment of the intermediate frequency transformers, deviation of the frequency of the ceramic filters and the like. In other words, strict requirement of accurate alignment of the intermediate frequency transformers, strict control of the frequency characteristic of the ceramic filters and the like in the conventional digital display of the frequency being received in radio receivers can be eliminated according to the present invention and hence the cost of manufacture can be decreased.
  • the range in which such deviation can be corrected is large according to the present invention and thus any inconvenience of the limited range of permissible deviation as encountered in the above referenced Japanese Patent Publication Gazette can also be eliminated.
  • extremely accurate correction can be performed, when the reference voltage is compared with a signal obtained by counting the clock pulses by a multiple bit counters and converting the count value into an analog and making correction in association with the deviation of the actual resonance frequency in the intermediate frequency stage from the prescribed intermediate frequency through such comparison.
  • a circuit for such correction can be implemented in a simple structure.
  • a principal object of the present invention is to provide an improved display of a frequency received by a radio receiver.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a display for a frequency being received by a radio receiver, wherein deviation of the actual resonance frequency in the intermediate frequency stage in the radio receiver from the prescribed intermediate frequency can be accurately corrected, by the use of a relatively simple circuit configuration, whereby the frequency being received can be accurately displayed.
  • a further object of the present invention is to provide a display for a frequency being received by a radio receiver, wherein comparison is made between a reference voltage for correction and an analog voltage obtained by converting the output of a multiple bit counter into an analog signal, whereupon the numerical value for correction is determined.
  • FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of one example of a radio receiver in which the present invention can be advantageously employed
  • FIG. 2 shows a block diagram of one embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 3 shows in more detail one example of a preset decimal counter shown in FIG. 2;
  • FIG. 4 is a diagram showing in more detail one example of a preset circuit shown in FIG. 2;
  • FIG. 5 is a diagram showing in more detail a comparison signal generator shown in FIG. 2;
  • FIG. 6 is a diagram showing in more detail one example of a comparator shown in FIG. 2;
  • FIG. 7 is a diagram showing in more detail a control circuit shown in FIG. 2;
  • FIG. 8 shows waveforms of the signals for explaining the operation of the FIG. 2 embodiment
  • FIG. 9 is a diagram showing in more detail an alternative example of the comparator shown in FIG. 2;
  • FIG. 10 shows a block diagram of another embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 11 is a diagram showing in more detail an intermediate frequency correcting circuit and an adder shown in FIG. 10;
  • FIG. 12 shows a block diagram of a further embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of one example of a two-band radio receiver, wherein the present invention can be advantageously employed.
  • an FM broadcasting signal received by an FM antenna 1 is amplified by an FM radio frequency amplifier 2 and is applied to an FM mixer 3.
  • the FM mixer 3 mixes the high frequency signal thus obtained with a local oscillation frequency signal obtained by an FM local oscillator 4 to provide an FM intermediate frequency signal.
  • the FM intermediate frequency signal obtained from the FM mixer 3 is amplified by an FM intermediate frequency amplifier 5 and is applied to an FM detector 6.
  • the detector 6 detects a modulating signal from the intermediate frequency signal and the modulating signal of the low frequency thus obtained is applied to a low frequency amplifier 13.
  • the amplified low frequency output obtained from the amplifier 13 is applied to a speaker 14 to drive the same, whereby the FM radio broadcasting signal is reproduced to.
  • a band selection switch 15 is turned to an FM contact 15fm, when a voltage V FM for FM selection is applied to the blocks 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6.
  • the low frequency amplifier 13 is supplied with a voltage +V from a voltage source, not shown.
  • a voltage V AM for selection of the AM band is applied to blocks 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12.
  • An AM signal received by an AM antenna 7 is amplified by the AM high frequency amplifier 8 and is applied to the AM mixer 9.
  • the AM mixer 9 mixes the high frequency signal thus obtained with a local oscillation frequency signal obtained from an AM local oscillator 10 to provide an AM intermediate frequency signal.
  • the AM intermediate frequency signal thus obtained from the AM mixer 9 is amplified by the AM intermediate frequency amplifier 11 and is applied to the AM detector 12.
  • the detector 12 detects a modulating signal from the AM intermediate frequency signal and the detected output of the low frequency is applied to the low frequency amplifier 13. Again the low frequency amplifier 13 drives the speaker 14, whereby the AM radio broadcasting signal is reproduced. Since a more detailed structure of such radio receiver and the operation thereof are well known to those skilled in the art, it is not believed necessary to describe the same in more detail.
  • the FM local oscillation frequency signal obtained from the FM local oscillator 4 and the AM local oscillation frequency signal obtained from the AM local oscillator 10 are both applied to an interface circuit 16.
  • the interface circuit 16 comprises a frequency divider, or prescaler, 161 connected to receive the FM local oscillation frequency signal and a buffer 164 connected to receive the AM local oscillation frequency signal.
  • the prescaler 161 is adapted to frequency divide the applied FM local oscillation frequency signal by the factor of 1/100 and the output of the prescaler 161 is applied to an AND gate 162 as one input thereto.
  • the buffer 164 serves to apply the AM local oscillation frequency signal to an AND gate 165 as one input thereto.
  • the AND gate 162 is connected to receive, as the other input thereto, the voltage V FM obtainable when the FM band is selected and the AND gate 165 is connected to receive, as the other input thereto, the voltage V AM obtainable when the AM band is selected. More specifically, if and when the FM band is selected, the local oscillation frequency signal as frequency divided by the prescaler 161 is obtained from the AND gate 162, and if and when the AM band is selected, the AM local oscillation frequency signal is obtained from the AND gate 165. These outputs are withdrawn through an OR gate 163 as the output of the interface circuit 16, which is then applied to an AND gate 201 shown in FIG. 2 as one input thereto.
  • the prescaler 161 employed for frequency division of the FM local oscillation frequency signal may be merely a buffer as employed in the AM band circuit, in which case the interface circuit 16 may be a mere switching circuit.
  • FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a major portion of the present invention.
  • the AND gate 201 is supplied with the FM local oscillation frequency signal as frequency divided by the prescaler 161 from the interface 16. If and when the AM band is selected, the AND gate 201 is supplied with the AM local oscillation frequency signal from the interface circuit 16.
  • the AND gate 201 is supplied, at the other input thereto, with a timing signal T3 obtained from a control circuit 26.
  • the output of the AND gate 201 is applied to an OR gate 204 as one input thereto.
  • the OR gate 204 is also connected to receive, as further inputs thereto, the output of AND gates 202 and 203.
  • the AND gate 202 is connected to receive the above described FM band voltage V FM , a timing signal T2 obtained from the control circuit 26 and the output of an AND gate 41.
  • the AND gate 203 is connected to receive the above described AM band voltage V AM , the timing signal T2 and the output of an AND gate 42. Accordingly, the outputs of the AND gates 201, 202 and 203 are withdrawn through the OR gate 204 and are applied to a presettable decimal counter 21 as a count input.
  • the decimal counter 21 is implemented by connecting, in a cascade fashion, counters 211, 212, 213, 214 and 215 so as to constitute five digits.
  • One of the counters, such as the counter 211, of the presettable decimal counter 21 may be structured as shown in FIG.
  • the remaining counters 212, 213, 214 and 215 may be structured in substantially the same circuit configuration as that of the counter 211.
  • the outputs of these counters 212, 213, 214 and 215 are applied, in a bit parallel fashion, as more fully shown by dotted lines in FIG. 3, to the corresponding ones 231, 232, 233 and 234, respectively, of a latch circuit 23.
  • the counter 211 comprises four cells or flip-flops 211a, 211b, 211c and 211d, each of which is provided with a preset enable terminal PE.
  • the respective cells 211a, 211b, 211c and 211d are loaded with the corresponding bit outputs J11, J12, J14 and J18, generally denoted as the 4-bit output J10, respectively, obtained from the preset circuit 22.
  • One of the cells, i.e. the flip-flop 211a is structured as a trigger flip-flop, a trigger input of which is connected to receive a signal from the OR gate 204.
  • the output of the final stage bit 211d of the counter 211 is applied to the counter 212 of the subsequent stage.
  • the latch circuits 231 to 234 receive the timing signal T4 from the control 26 as a latch timing signal. If and when the above described latch timing signal T4 is obtained, the latch circuits 231 to 234 latch the outputs of the corresponding counters. More specifically, the latch circuits 231 to 234 are responsive to the latch timing signal T4 to be loaded with the outputs of the corresponding counters 212 to 215 and retains the same until the following latch timing signal is received. Basically, the latch circuits 231 to 234 may be implemented by flip-flops. The outputs of the latch circuits 231, 232, 233 and 234 are applied in a bit parallel fashion to the inputs of display decoders 241, 242, 243 and 244, respectively, generally denoted as 24.
  • the display decoders 241 to 244 are structured to convert or decode a signal to a segment selection signal, for example, in the manner well known to those skilled in the art.
  • a display 25 may comprise four digit display positions, each comprising an arrangement of segments in the form of numeral "8" such that selective energization of the segments may constitutes an indication of a selected one of numerals 0, 1, 2, . . . 9, as well known to those skilled in the art and the respective digit positions of the display 25 are connected to receive the segment selection signal from the decoders 241, 242, 243 and 244, respectively.
  • FIG. 4 is a diagram showing in more detail one example of a preset circuit 22 shown in FIG. 2. It is pointed out that in FIG. 4 only a circuit configuration of the most significant digit portion 221 is shown in detail, while the remaining four digit portions 222, 223, 224 and 225 are merely shown by dotted blocks, inasmuch as these remaining digit portions may be implemented in exactly the same structure. Accordingly, only one digit portion 221 will be described, representing the others.
  • the circuit 221 comprises OR gates 221a, 221b, 221c and 221d corresponding to the bits J11, J12, J14 and J18, respectively, of the preset data output J10.
  • the preset circuit 22 is also connected to receive the above described FM band voltage V FM and the AM band voltage V AM .
  • the OR gate 221a is connected to receive the voltage V FM through a switch Sa1 and the voltage V AM through a switch Sa2. Accordingly, if and when the FM band is selected, for example, the switch Sa1 is turned on, so that the high level output or the output of the logic one is obtained as the output of the OR gate 221a or the preset data J11. If and when the switch Sa1 is turned off, then the data J11 is the low level or the logic zero.
  • the other OR gates 221b, 221c and 221d and the switches Sb1, Sb2, Sc1, Sc2, Sd1 and Sd2 also function in the same manner.
  • the preset data outputs J10 to J50 are obtained from the preset circuit 22 corresponding to the five digit decimal counters 211 to 215, respectively.
  • the comparison signal generator 27 comprises a five-bit counter 28 and a digital/analog converter 29 for converting the output of the counter 28 into an analog voltage.
  • the counter 28 and the digital/analog converter 29 are shown in more detail in FIG. 5.
  • the counter 28 comprises five cells or T-type flip-flops 281, 282, 283, 284 and 285.
  • Each of the cells or flip-flops 281 to 285 comprises a reset terminal R, which is connected to receive a reset signal P from the control circuit 26.
  • the count input of the counter 28 is connected to receive the clock pulse CL from the control circuit 26 through an AND gate 286.
  • each cell or bit of the counter 28 is applied to the input of each of the buffers 291, 292, 293, 294 and 295 of the respective bits of the digital/analog converter 29.
  • the outputs of the buffers 291 to 295 are connected in a bit parallel fashion to a ladder network 296. Accordingly, in analog voltage associated with the state of the counter 28 is obtained from one end or the output end of the ladder network to the compare circuit 30 as a comparison voltage.
  • the AND gate 286 is connected, as one input thereto, to receive the timing signal T2 from the control circuit 26 and is further connected to receive, as the other input thereto, the clock pulse CL from the control circuit 26.
  • the output of the AND gate 286 is applied to the count input of the counter 28, as described previously, and also applied, as one input thereto, to each of the AND gates 41 and 42.
  • Each of the AND gates 41 and 42 is connected to receive, as the other input thereto, the comparison output signal from the compare circuit 30, so that one AND gate 41 is effective for the FM band and the other AND gate 42 is effective for the AM band.
  • the compare circuit 30 is also connected to receive a comparison signal voltage from the digital/analog converter 29.
  • FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing in more detail the compare circuit 30.
  • the compare circuit 30 comprises a reference voltage generator 31 and a comparator 32.
  • the reference voltage generator 31 comprises two variable resistors 311 and 312.
  • the variable resistor 311 is adapted for making a correction in conjunction with the deviation of the intermediate frequency of the intermediate frequency stage with respect to the FM band and the other variable resistor 312 is adapted for making a correction in conjunction with the deviation of the intermediate frequency in the intermediate frequency stage with respect to the AM band.
  • the variable resistor 311 is adjusted in association with the deviation of the intermediate frequency in the intermediate frequency stage with respect to the FM band, whereby the reference voltage for making compensation in conjunction with the intermediate frequency for the FM band is applied, as one input thereto, to the comparator 321 included in the comparator 32.
  • variable resistor 312 for the AM band serves to provide the reference voltage for making compensation in conjunction with the intermediate frequency of the AM band as adjusted in association with the deviation of the intermediate frequency in the intermediate frequency stage with respect to the AM band.
  • the other input of each of the comparators 321 and 322 is connected to receive the output of the above described comparison signal voltage, i.e. the output of the digital/analog converter 29.
  • the comparators 321 and 322 provide an output of a high level or the logic one if and when the comparison signal voltage applied to the minus inputs of the comparators 321 and 322 is smaller than the reference voltage applied to the plus inputs of the comparators 321 and 322.
  • the output of the comparator 321 is applied to the above described AND gate 41 and the output of the comparator 322 is applied to the AND gate 42.
  • FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing one example of the control circuit 26.
  • the embodiment shown comprises a counter connected to receive, as a count input, the clock signal of 100 kHz.
  • the counter is further structured to provide the timing signals T1, T2, T3 and T4, the reset signal P and the clock signal CL from the respective positions.
  • the timing signal T3 is applied to the other input of the AND gate 201.
  • the AND gate 201 serves to provide the FM local oscillation frequency signal or the AM local oscillation frequency signal from the interface circuit 16 to the counter 21 for the purpose of counting the frequency being received by means of the decimal counter 21. Accordingly, the time period of the timing signal T3 for controlling the AND gate 201 must be determined in relation to the minimum frequency that can be counted by the counter 21.
  • t0 ⁇ f0 1 (sec.Hz).
  • the time period t0 of the timing signal T3 is 10 m sec.
  • a frequency divider or prescaler of the frequency division rate of 1/N is employed in the interface circuit 16
  • a prescaler 161 having a frequency division rate of 1/100 is employed for the FM band.
  • the flip-flop 261 adapted for providing the timing signal T3 in the control circuit 26 is structured such that the input is selected so as to maintain the output Q for the time period of 10 m sec. at least. Meanwhile, the time period t0 is varied depending on a specific frequency division rate by the prescaler and the minimum frequency being received.
  • the clock pulse CL as shown in FIG. 8C is obtained, while the timing signal T1 and the reset signal P as shown in FIGS. 8A and 8B, respectively, are obtained.
  • the timing signal T1 is applied to the presettable decimal counter 21 as a preset enable signal, as better seen from FIG. 2. Accordingly, the respective digit counters 211, 212, 213, 214 and 215 of the preset counter 21 are each preloaded with the corresponding preset values J10, J20, J30, J40 and J50 obtainable from the preset circuit 22 (FIG. 4). Since the preset circuit 22 has been supplied with the AM band voltage V AM on that occasion, the preset value of the AM band is obtained from the preset circuit 22.
  • the preset value for the AM band is determined in the following manner.
  • the switches Sa2, Sb2, Sc2 and Sd2 are selectively turned on, so that the output data J10 from the preset circuit 22 shown in FIG. 4 may be the numerical value "9", the data J20 may be the value "2”, the data J30 may be the value "5", the data J40 may be the value "9” and the data J50 may be the value "9". If and when the timing signal T1 is obtained in such situation, the preset counter 20 is preloaded with the preset value obtainable from the preset circuit 22.
  • the reset signal P is obtained from the control circuit 26 and is applied to the counter 28 included in the comparison signal generator 27.
  • the counter 28 is responsive to the reset signal P to clear or reset the respective cells or flip-flops 281, 282, 283, 284 and 285.
  • the timing signal T2 as shown in FIG. 8E is obtained from the control circuit 26. Accordingly, the AND gate 286 is opened or enabled, whereby the clock pulse as shown in FIG. 8C is obtained from the AND gate 286 and is applied to the counter 28 as a count input and is also applied to the AND gates 41 and 42.
  • the counter 28 is stepped sequentially responsive to the clock pulse CL thus obtained.
  • the count value of the counter 28 is converted into an analog voltage or a direct current voltage by means of the digital/analog converter 29.
  • the direct current voltage is in succession summed up, so that the output from the digital/analog converter 29 increases stepwise as shown in FIG. 8D.
  • the digital/analog converter 29 is applied to the comparator 32 of the compare circuit 30. Accordingly, the comparator 32 compares the comparison voltage thus obtained with the reference voltage obtained from the reference voltage generator 31. As seen from FIG. 8D, at the beginning the reference voltage is larger than the comparison voltage and thus the comparator 322 included in the comparator 32 provides the output of the high level or the logic one. Therefore, the corresponding AND gate 42 is opened or enabled.
  • the clock pulse is obtained from the AND gate 42 during the time period when the output is obtained from the comparator 322, i.e. during the time period when the comparison signal voltage obtained from the comparison signal generator 27 is smaller than the reference voltage obtained from the reference voltage generator 31.
  • the clock pulse obtained from the AND gate 42 is applied to the AND gate 203 as one input thereto.
  • the AND gate 203 is further supplied with the AM band voltage V AM . Accordingly, at that time the clock pulse is obtained from the AND gate 203 and thus the clock pulse is obtained from the OR gate 204, as shown in FIG. 8F. Therefore, the decimal counter 21 is stepped responsive to the clock pulse.
  • the AND gate 42 is closed or disabled, whereby the clock pulse is not applied from the OR gate 204. This means that the value in the presettable decimal counter 21 is corrected responsive to the clock pulse obtained when the comparison signal voltage is smaller than the reference voltage.
  • variable resistor 312 for correction is operated in the manner described in the following. More specifically, at the outset, the radio receiver shown in FIG. 1 is tuned to the frequency of a broadcasting station the frequency of which is known or the frequency of the signal obtained from a given standard signal generator. When the radio receiver is brought to an optimum reception state with respect to the broadcasting signal or the standard signal, then the variable resistor 312 is adjusted such that the frequency being received is indicated by the display 25.
  • the timing signal shown in FIG. 8H is obtained from the control circuit 26.
  • the timing signal T3 has a predetermined time period, say 10 m sec.
  • the local oscillation frequency signal as shown in FIG. 8G has been obtained from the AM local oscillator 10 (FIG. 1) and thus from the interface circuit 16 (FIG. 1).
  • the local oscillation frequency signal is applied to the AND gate 201 as one input thereto. Accordingly, if and when the timing signal T3 is obtained, the AND gate 201 is opened or enabled, whereby the AM local oscillation frequency signal is obtained from the OR gate 204. Accordingly, the decimal counter 21 is successively stepped.
  • the decimal counter 21 has been further stepped responsive to the above described correction clock pulse from the numerical value "99529", for example, as preset from the preset circuit 22. Thereafter, the AM local oscillation frequency signal is in succession added and as a result the decimal counter 21 comes to provide a count value representing the frequency being presently received by the radio receiver. The count value in the decimal counter 21 is latched in the latch circuit 23 responsive to the timing signal T4 (FIG. 8I) thereafter obtained. Thus, the frequency being received is displayed in the display 25 in a digital manner.
  • variable resistor 312 in the above described reference voltage generator 31 may be adjusted to vary the reference voltage.
  • the correct frequency being received is displayed by the display 25.
  • the preset value as preloaded in the counter 21 is kept in a corrected state as corrected by the variable resistor 312 and thereafter the display 25 necessarily displays the correct frequency being received.
  • any erroneous indication of the frequency being received caused by deviation of the intermediate frequency in the intermediate frequency stage can be corrected irrespective of whether the deviation is higher or lower than the prescribed intermediate frequency.
  • the range of the frequencies that can be corrected i.e. thirty-two steps that can be corrected by cascade connection of the five flip-flops 281 to 285 in the counter 28 of the comparison signal generator 27 in the embodiment shown, is divided into two, and the two divided number "16" is further subtracted from the preset value when the value is preloaded in the preset counter 21, as described previously. Accordingly, the value as preset in the presettable decimal counter 21 at the beginning is the minimum value and correction is made in succession through adjustment of the variable resistor 311 or 312 starting from the minimum value.
  • any deviation of the actual intermediate frequency in the intermediate frequency stage in the radio receiver as manufactured from the prescribed intermediate frequency in either the downward direction or upward direction can be corrected.
  • 0.16 MHz or 160 kHz is that which is a half of the thirty-two steps selected as the range for "the number for correction" as employed similarly in the above described case of the AM band and is to be in advance deducted, wherein one step has been allotted to each 10 kHz Accordingly, if and when the FM band is selected, the FM band voltage V FM is applied to the preset circuit 22 and the numerical value "6" is obtained as the data J10, the numerical value "4" is obtained as the data J20, the numerical value "9” is obtained as the data J30, the numerical value "8” is obtained as the data J40, and the numerical value "1” is obtained as the data J50, respectively.
  • the radio receiver 1 is turned to the FM contact 15fm, whereby the FM band voltage V FM is obtained. Accordingly, the circuit portions associated with the FM band in the radio receiver shown in FIG. 1 are energized, whereby the radio receiver is placed in the FM reception mode.
  • the radio receiver is tuned to the broadcasting signal or the signal obtained from a standard signal generator the frequency of which is known and the variable resistor 311 for the FM band in the reference voltage generator 31 shown in FIG. 6 is adjusted such that the above described known frequency comes to be displayed correctly by the display 25 at the optimum tuning condition.
  • a pulse signal for correction is obtained from the AND gate 41 shown in FIG. 2, which is applied to the counter 21 through the OR gate 204. Then, it follows that the previously preset value in the preset counter 21 has been corrected in association with the correction pulse from the preset state.
  • FIG. 9 shows a schematic diagram showing another embodiment of the comparison circuit 30 employed in the present invention.
  • the reference voltage generator 31 comprises two variable resistors 311 and 312 which correspond to the frequency bands. One end of each of the variable resistors is commonly connected to the voltage source V, while the other end of each of them is connected to ground.
  • An analog switch 33 is interposed between the reference voltage generator 31 and the comparator 32, which is implemented by a single comparator, as different from the case of the FIG. 6 embodiment.
  • the analog switch 33 comprises an analog switch or transfer gate 331 for the FM band and an analog switch or transfer gate 332 for the AM band.
  • the FM band voltage V FM is applied to the analog switch 331, while the AM band voltage V AM is applied to the analog switch 332.
  • the transfer gate 331 is opened or enabled, whereas if and when the voltage V AM is applied, the transfer gate 332 is opened or enabled.
  • the outputs of the analog switches or transfer gates 331 and 332 are commonly applied to the plus input of the single comparator 32.
  • the comparison signal voltage obtained from the comparison signal generator 27, i.e. the digital/analog converter 29 is applied to the minus input of the comparator 32.
  • the output of the comparator 32 is applied to the common AND gate 43 shown by the dotted line in FIG. 4.
  • the clock pulse obtained from the AND gate 286 is also applied to the AND gate 43 as the other input thereto.
  • FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing a major portion of another embodiment of the present invention.
  • an ordinary decimal counter 51 has been substituted for the presettable decimal counter 21 of the FIG. 2 embodiment.
  • the count input of the decimal counter 51 is supplied with the output from the OR gate 204, as in case of the FIG. 2 embodiment.
  • the respective digit counters 511, 512, 513, 514 and 515 of the decimal counter 51 are supplied with the timing signal T1 from the timing control circuit 26, so that the same serves as a reset or clear signal.
  • the outputs of the four more significant digit counters 512, 513, 514 and 515 of the decimal counter 51 are applied in a bit parallel fashion to the corresponding adders 531, 532, 533 and 534, respectively.
  • the adder 53 is further supplied with the output from the intermediate frequency correcting circuit 52. More specifically, the intermediate frequency correcting circuit 52 comprises the circuits 521, 522, 523 and 524 corresponding to the respective digit adders 531, 532, 533 and 534 of the adder 53.
  • the outputs of the respective digits of the correcting circuit 52 are applied in a bit parallel fashion to the corresponding ones of the adder 53.
  • FIG. 11 is a diagram showing one digit portion of the intermediate frequency correcting circuit 52 and the adder 53 of the FIG. 10 embodiment.
  • the remaining digit portions may be structured in substantially the same manner.
  • the intermediate frequency correcting circuit is similar to the preset circuit described previously.
  • the adder 531 comprises a four-bit full adder, wherein the output from the intermediate frequency correcting circuit 521 is added to the output obtained from the decimal counter 512 to provide the result to the latch circuit 231. At that time the input c of the least significant digit adder 531 is brought to the low level, while the input c of each of the remaining adders is connected to receive a carry output Co of the preceding stage.
  • FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing a major portion of a further embodiment of the present invention.
  • the FIG. 12 embodiment is different from the FIG. 10 embodiment in the following respects. More specifically, although in the FIG. 10 embodiment the output from the intermediate frequency correcting circuit 52 and the output from the decimal counter 51 were subjected to addition before the same is applied to the latch circuit 23, in the FIG. 12 embodiment, addition is carried out before the data is applied from the latch circuit to the display decoder.
  • the preset circuit 22 and the intermediate frequency correcting circuit 52 described in the foregoing embodiments may be implemented in the same structure, the same may be structured such that the numerical values associated with different intermediate frequencies may be set for not only to the FM and AM bands but also to other different frequency bands.
  • the FM band two types of setting can be employed by selecting the local oscillation frequency to be higher or lower than the frequency being received by the frequency difference commensurate with the intermediate frequency.
  • the AM band the invention can be practiced such that selection can be made among different intermediate frequencies, such as 455 kHz, 459 kHz, 470 kHz and the like so as to correspond to different standards for the intermediate frequency employed in different countries.
  • the clock pulse is applied to a decimal counter in association with the deviation for the purpose of correcting the deviation based on the difference between the actual reasonance frequency of the intermediate frequency stage and the prescribed intermediate frequency.
  • the invention may be practiced such that the clock pulse the number of which is associated with the deviation is not applied directly to the counter but instead the number is counted whereupon the same is added to or subtracted from the value in the counter, just done in the embodiments shown in FIGS. 10 and 12, wherein the intermediate frequency associated value was corrected by the use of the intermediate frequency correcting circuit and the counter.
  • the present invention can be practiced such that analog/digital conversion is effected directly to a decimal code based on the difference voltage between the reference voltage and the comparison voltage, whereupon the same is added to or subtracted from the value in the counter.

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